mPed: A computer program for converting pedigree data to a format used by the PMx-software for conservation genetic analysis

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 651-653

  Jansson, Mija ^a   Ståhl, Ingvar ^b   Laikre, Linda ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ingvar Ståhl IT ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation genetic management; Founder statistics; Genetic variation; Inbreeding; Pedigree analysis; PMx

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880998217     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-9874-z     Document Type: Article

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